C.E.S. Office – Martinez House: Terrazzo Floor with Squares, Diamonds and Crosses – Sketches

Red, yellow and blue polished terrazzo floor with squares, diamonds and crosses made on a 400 sq. ft of a living room; with styrofoam lost form technique.

Full-scale paper mock-up with gouache paint, depicting the third alternative for the terrazzo floor of the main room — a geometric pattern composed by interlaced red and yellow crosses with a small blue square detail inside the red crosses.

Full-scale paper mock-up with gouache paint, depicting the fourth alternative for the terrazzo floor of the main room — a geometric pattern composed by interlaced red and yellow crosses with a small blue square detail inside the red crosses. Same ...

Full-scale paper mock-up with gouache paint, depicting the fifth alternative for the terrazzo floor of the main room — a geometric pattern composed by yellow squares diagonally placed on a red background, connected by small blue squares.

Two color drawings of terrazzo floor designs for the kitchen room; two variations on blue and white color patterns.

The main square buildings in rather detailed large scale models, testing volumes, proportions, details, in parallel with the preparation of drawings.

Five photographs of the watercolor mock-ups by Christopher Alexander, illustrating the four alternative designs for the terrazzo floor of the main room.